Improvement in machines for laying out paper for bordering



W. LYON. MACHINE FOR LAYING our PAPER Eon BORDERING. A 110,179,580. I Patented July 4,1876;

".FUERS, PHdTO-UTNOGRAPHER, WASNINGTbN. D C.

W ILLIAM LYON, OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, ASSIGNOR TO V IUTOR E. MAUGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

lMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR LAYING OUT PAPER FOR BORDERING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,580, dated July 4, 1876; application filed May 2, 1876.

Glasgow. in Scotland, have invented an Improved Machine for Laying Out Paper, Envelo'pes, and Cards for Bordering with Black or other Pigment, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to aid the action of the hand in laying paper, envelopes, or cards on a board so that each sheet or piece may leave uncovered as much of the next below it as is to be colored with the bordering pigment. For this purpose a step-by-step movement is given to the board by improved mechanism, acting more conveniently and accurate! y than anypreviously tried for the same purpose, while between each movement of the board an angular set-frame is brought down with an angular movement for the next sheet or piece to be set up to it, and is then turned up again. The apparatus is also fitted with an appliance for conveniently adjusting the width of border.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a plan, and Fig. 2 is a front elevation, of the apparatus, which comprises a table, 1, having an endless cloth, 2, passing along its top, and round rollers 3 4 at each'end, and below a tightening-roller, 5, held by two arms, 6, which are attached to the table, each by a single screw or pivot, to allow the whole weight of the roller to rest on and keep the cloth 2 tightly stretched over the table and rollers. The surface of one, 3, of the end rollers is roughened by coating with emery-powder, so as to move the cloth 2 when the roller is turned; and by means of a lever, 7, centered on one of the I end journals of the roller 3, and having a pawl, 8, jointed to it, which pawl acts on a ratchet feed-wheel, 9, fixed to the roller 3, a step-by-step motion is imparted to the endless cloth 2, and to a board, 10, placed thereon. A set-frame, 11, in the form of a diagonal cross, is jointed to the table-top at two of its ends, 12 13, and a cord, 14, attached to it passes over a guide-pulley, 15, held by a spring fixed to a bracket, 35, and is fastened by a screw-nipper, 16, to the lever 7. This cord 14 (shown at its extreme length) has to be shortened, so as, when the set-frame 11 is down, as shown in Fig.2, to bring the lower arm of the lever 7 against a stop-pin, 17, in aquadrant, 18, the pin 17 being placed in a hole of the quadrant corresponding to the size of border required. When the set-frame 11 has been brought down upon the board 10, and held there, either by means of a handle, 19, fixed on it, or by a treadle, 20, to which it is connected by a cord, 21, a sheet of the paper to be laid out is placed upon the board 10, with a corner of it in the angle formed by the two shorter arms of the diagonal cross or frame 11, and with one edge close against spring-plates 22, and the other edge against a spring-pin,-23, projecting down from the set-frame. This frame is then liberated, whereupon the lever 7 is drawn back by a rubber spring, 24, to a stop-pin, 25, in the quadrant 1S, and the frame 11 is raised by the cord 14 at the same time that the board 10 is moved forward a distance corresponding to the breadth of border required by the action of the lever 7 and pawl 8 on the ratchet-wheel 9. As the lever 7 completes its strokeit draws a friction-strap, 26, tight against the ratchetwheel, and thereby prevents that wheel from being jerked too far. A pawl, 27, fixed to the table, and gearing with the ratchet-wheel, prevents that wheel from turning back when the set-frame is brought down for the placing of the next sheet of paper. The extent of travel for the board 10 at each stroke of the lever 7 is determined by the position of the stop-pin 17 in the quadrant l8, and the adjustment of the cord l i, as before. described. The diameter of the roller 3, acting on the endless cloth 2, may be modified by movable rubber .rings 28, so as to obtain a breadth of border for which the ratchet-wheel may not be otherwise adapted. The spring-pin 23, fixed at one side of the diagonal cross or set frame 11, is shown enlarged in Fig. 3, and the two spring'plates 22 at the other side of the frame 11 are also shown enlarged in Fig. 4, which is a verticalsection, and in Fig. 5, which is an elevation. The plates 22 work freely up and down in grooves in a plate, 29, fixed on the set-frame l1, and are acted on by a spring adjusted by a screw, 30, and bearing on pins fast on the plates 22, and passing through slots in the plates 29. They are thus enabled to accommodate themselves to inequalities in the paper, and to insure proper contact at both sides, so as to prevent the next sheet laid from getting under them. Inclined Wires or guides 31 are fixed to the plate 29, to correct any tendency to curl or turn up of each sheet as it is being laid. When laying out open envelopes a cross-bar is attached to the set-frame 11, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, by the screws 32, and is provided with adjustable spring-pins 33, a side View of one of which is shown in Fig. (5, and which are fixed by screws closer or farther apart on the bar, to suit the size of envelope. One joint, 12, of the set-frame 11 is hinged to the table, and by removing the pin at the other joint, 13, the seti'rame ma y be turned up to one side. A cover, 34, is hinged to one end of the table, being shaped so that the board v10 passes freely under it, and the pile of paper, envelopes, or cards is placed on this cover for convenience in handling.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the lever 7 and pawl 8 with the feed-wheel 9, rollers 3 and 4;, apron 2, and board 10, all arranged to operate substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The set-frame 11, jointed to the table 1, and combined with the movable board 10 ofa bordering machine, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination of the operating-lever with the cord 14 and pivoted set-frame 11, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In combination with the piy'oted setframe 11 and lever 7 the cord 14c and the perforated quadrant 18, having the adjustable stop-pin 17, substantially as specified.

5. The set-frame 11. made cross-shaped to form a diagonal gage for the paper to be bordered, substantially as specified.

6. In combination with the angular set-frame 11, the vertically adjustable plate or plates 22, substantially as specified.

7. The combination of the spring 24 and pin 25 with the perforated quadrant 18, pin 17, lever 7, and frame 11, substantially as specified.

S. The combination of the pivoted frame 11 with the board 10, and with moving mechanism, substantially as specified, all arranged to move the board whenever the frame 11 is swungoff said board.

9. In combination with the set-frame 11, the inclined wire or guide 31, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

10. The combination of the set-frame 11 with the crossbar which carries the springpins 33, substantially as specified.

1-1. The combination of the set-frame 11 and its pivot-pin 12with a hinge, which allows the set-frame to be swung aside, as specified.

12. The combination of a brake-strap, 26, with the pawl-lever 7, so as to tighten against the wheel and stop its motion as the lever reaches the end of its stroke, as hereinbefore described.

WM. LYON.

Witnesses:

EDMUND HUNT, J OIIN JENKiNs. 

